Análisis del tratamiento informativo realizados por los diarios El Mercurio y El Comercio a la noticia sobre el caso de femicidio de Cristina Palacio

Abstract

The role of the media is of vital importance to society, which is why actions regarding the presentation and / or dissemination of information is a commitment that must always correspond to the principles and criteria of journalistic ethics. The purpose of this research is to analyze the informative treatment given by the media El Mercurio and El Comercio to the news about Cristina Palacio's femicide case. In order to determine whether there was a sensational approach or not in the construction of the news. Therefore, the analysis units on the case of Cristina Palacio's femicide were studied from two newspapers in the country. El Mercurio was chosen as a local medium, while El Comercio was a national newspaper. The review of the analysis units was carried out systematically, gathering research information, following a timeline of each of the publications, from its first to the last news presented on the fact. The content analysis methodology was used to describe the news treatment that the written press gave it. And as a result, it was obtained that the media analyzed in this work did not give much importance to the case of Cristina Palacio's femicide, but on the contrary, at all times it was tried to attract the attention of the readers using a sensationalist and yellowish language.